The Department of Management, Economics and Industrial Engineering (DIG) of Politecnico di Milano was established in 1990 as the Department of Economy and Production (DEP).
The Department’s main objective is research, which is pursued through collaborations with leading Italian and international schools and institutions. Alongside research, the Department focuses on education.
The Department of Management, Economics and Industrial Engineering, with MIP Politecnico di Milano Graduate School of Business, is part of the School of Management of Politecnico di Milano.
Department of Management, Economics and Industrial Engineering
PROGRAMS PORTFOLIO
The teaching is carried out by the professors of the Department of Management, Economics and Industrial Engineering is divided into three main fields:
- Bachelor of Science in Management, Economics and Industrial Engineering
- Master of Science in Management, Economics and Industrial Engineering
- PhD Programme in Management, Economics and Industrial Engineering
DIG has the responsibility within Politecnico di Milano for teaching the specializing courses that can be studied in the Management, Economics and Industrial Engineering curriculum. It also underpins a wide range of other courses offered by Politecnico di Milano.
Study Programme in Management Engineering
The Study Programme in Management Engineering comes under the School of Industrial and Information Engineering of Politecnico di Milano. The teaching framework includes the three-year Bachelor of Science followed by the two-year Master of Science.
PhD Programme in Management, Economics and Industrial Engineering
The PhD Programme in Management, Economics and Industrial Engineering comes under the Department of Management, Economics and Industrial Engineering, and, in compliance with Italian university regulations, it awards students a third-level degree and a professional qualification corresponding to the Anglo-Saxon PhD.
MISSION
The Department of Management, Economics and Industrial Engineering, DIG, carries out research and teaching in three main areas:
- Economics, business management and organisation
- Political, industrial and regional economics
- Production systems, industrial installations and logistics
Since being established, research in DIG has been defined by its commitment to cutting-edge topics within the international scientific debate and its awareness of the demands of industry and services.
Within each of the above three research areas, DIG’s knowledge and expertise is set out following different, albeit complementary, subject lines.
Economics, business management and organisation
- Economics and strategic management
- Management of innovation and company processes
- Organisational systems
- Economics and management of financial brokers and company finance
- Decision support systems.
Political, industrial and regional economics
- Industrial and technological innovation economics
- International economics
- Monetary and financial economics
- Regional and urban economics
- Methodological and applied econometrics
Production systems, industrial installations and logistics
- Designing production systems and industrial installations
- Production systems management
- Logistics
- Security and ergo technology
- Quality management
- Plant project management
INTERNATIONALIZATION
The Department of Management, Economics and Industrial Engineering is highly committed to internationalization, which is carried out through a series of initiatives, collaborating with many leading schools and institutions and covering a wide range of research areas.
Skills acquired at DIG give rise to numerous research projects on advanced, emerging topics leading to national and international publications.
DIG ADMINISTRATIVE BODIES
Director
- Raffaella Cagliano
Vice Director
- Paolo Trucco
Departmental Council
- It is composed of professors, researchers, technical and administrative staff representatives, PhD students representatives, research fellows representatives.
Executive Board
It is composed of the Director, the Vice Director and:
- Marika Arena, Director of BSc and MSc in Management Engineering
- Michela Arnaboldi, Phd Programme Director
- Enrico Cagno, Research Development Delegate
- Federico Francesco Angelo Caniato
- Vittorio Chiesa, MIP President - Graduate School of Management
- Giancarlo Giudici, Coordination of Teaching Delegate
- Luca Grilli
- Emanuele Lettieri
- Marco Melacini
- Cristina Rossi
- Sergio Terzi
- Laura Catellani, Department Manager
Advisory Board
- Alavi Maryam, Dean Scheller College of Business, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA
- Debruyne Marion, Dean of Vlerick Leuven Gent Management School, Belgium
- Engwall Mats, Head of Division of Industrial Management, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden
- Falco Giuseppe, CEO, BCG Italy, Greece and Turkey, Italy
- Feng Geng Zhong, Dean School of Management, Xi'an Jiaotong University, China
- Ferretti Peretti Melissa, Country Manager Italy, American Express, Italy
- Fumagalli Romario Aldo, President and CEO, SOL S.p.A., Italy
- Gimenez Thomsen Cristina, Director of Identity and Mission Professor, Dpt. of Operations, Innovation & Data Science ESADE Business School - Universitat Ramon Llull, Spain
- Kaplan Sara,Director, Institute for Gender and the Economy (GATE), Canada
- Pignataro Andrea, Founder & CEO, ION Trading, Italy
- Purassanta Carlo, Area Vice President of Microsoft France, Microsoft, Italy
- Schader Martin, Associate Director of Quality Services, EFMD, Germany
- Stephan Paula, Professor of Economics, Georgia State University and a Research Associate, National Bureau of Economic Research, USA
- Suslow Valerie, Associate Dean, Johns Hopkins Carey Business School, USA
- Symonds Matt, Business School Media Consultant and Rankings Expert, France
- Veugelers Reinhilde, Professor of Managerial Economics, Strategy and Innovation, University of Leuven, Belgium
- Von Krogh Georg, Chair of Strategic Management and Innovation, ETH Switzerland
- Zambon Elena, Zambon President, Italy
Scientific Committee
- It is composed of all the Full Professors
Operational Coordinating Committee
It is composed of the Director, the Vice Director and:
- Tommaso Agasisti, Delegate of Simplification
- Diletta Apollonio, Head of Organizational Unit for Research
- Mirja Calgaro, Head of Organizational Unit Communication
- Laura Catellani, Department Manager, Head of Organizational Unit Administration and Accounting
- Claudio Bruno Duran, Head of Organizational Unit for Teaching
- Stefania Peverini, Administrative Secretary
ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES
The department manager of the Department of Management, Economics and Industrial Engineering is Laura Catellani.
The administrative services are organized as follows:
Unit Administration
Contact person: Laura Catellani
Revenues: Antonella Bottazzo
Debt collection, third party fees, internships: Susanna Cenati
Teaching and research contracts: Stefano Cataldi, Francesca Ferrara, Dario Francesco L'Abbate and Viviana Pizzolato
Research and other transfers: Giuseppe Aloi
Accounting support and (petty-cash) reimbursements: Claudia Mesolella
Invoices: Arturo Imbrauglio
Purchases: Anna Beatrice e Clelia Tocco
Unit Research
Contact person: Diletta Apollonio
Projects reporting: Elena Belotti, Rosalba Iorio, Giovanna Manisco
Contracts: Barbara Amapane, Paola Aventaggiato, Fabiana Mettola, Marta Moreschi
Unit Teaching Support
Contact person: Claudio Bruno Duran
PhD Programme: Giuseppa Di Tavi, Martina Sani, Serena Vivona
Academic Programme Office: Ciro Argentino, Daniela Cicolin, Flavia Guzzetta, Paola Senna
Internationalization: Diletta Fiasca
Unit Communication
Contact person: Mirja Calgaro
Events support: Beatrice Grillo and Marta Re Ferré
Staff
Contact person: Laura Catellani
Executive Assistants to the Department Head: Elena Cortiana e Stefania Peverini
Facilities: Mirko Beduzzi
